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The BalticWay Project
Oleg Andrejev (1941–2012)
One of the grand old men in the modelling of mesoscale dynamics in semi-enclosed
seas, Oleg Alexandrovitch Andrejev (1941–2012) worked almost 20 years from
1993 onwards in Stockholm University in Sweden, in the Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki and finally in the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
in Helsinki. His scientific work was devoted to 3D hydrodynamic modelling of the
Baltic Sea, especially the Gulf of Finland. Already in 1989 Oleg Andrejev published
together with Alexander Sokolov the 3D model OAAS. This model was extensively
used for several fundamental and case studies in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of
Finland.
The most well-known results stemming from this model are those related to mean
water circulation, water age and upwelling studies. In particular, the discovery of the
highly ordered subsurface flow in the Gulf of Finland to the north of the gulf axis
served as a trigger for the attempts to design environmentally safer fairways in the
Gulf of Finland that led to the underlying idea of the entire BalticWay cooperation.
In 2009–2011 Oleg Andrejev worked as senior scientist in the BalticWay project
where he developed very high-resolution model version for the Gulf of Finland and
substantially contributed to the success of the entire BalticWay project.
Kai Myrberg
The BalticWay Project
Oleg Andrejev (1941–2012)
One of the grand old men in the modelling of mesoscale dynamics in semi-enclosed
seas, Oleg Alexandrovitch Andrejev (1941–2012) worked almost 20 years from
1993 onwards in Stockholm University in Sweden, in the Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki and finally in the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
in Helsinki. His scientific work was devoted to 3D hydrodynamic modelling of the
Baltic Sea, especially the Gulf of Finland. Already in 1989 Oleg Andrejev published
together with Alexander Sokolov the 3D model OAAS. This model was extensively
used for several fundamental and case studies in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of
Finland.
The most well-known results stemming from this model are those related to mean
water circulation, water age and upwelling studies. In particular, the discovery of the
highly ordered subsurface flow in the Gulf of Finland to the north of the gulf axis
served as a trigger for the attempts to design environmentally safer fairways in the
Gulf of Finland that led to the underlying idea of the entire BalticWay cooperation.
In 2009–2011 Oleg Andrejev worked as senior scientist in the BalticWay project
where he developed very high-resolution model version for the Gulf of Finland and
substantially contributed to the success of the entire BalticWay project.
Kai Myrberg